Our navigation bar is loading . . .

 


 

Jesus Christ Saves Ministries

Helping San Diego, California and beyond since 1997.  




 

JCSM's Top 1000 Christian Sites - Free Traffic Sharing Service!


Do you need volunteer, community service, work, military or court hours?

Click here and add this page to your favorites!

Return to the JCSM Study Center!

Encyclopedia Britannica



ATAVISM (from Lat. atavus, a great-great-great-grandfather or ancestor)

This article appears in Volume V02, Page 823 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: ARN-AUD
ATAVISM (from Lat. atavus, a great-great-great-grandfather or ancestor) , the
term
  given in
biology
  to the
reproduction
  in a living
person
  or
animal
  of the characteristics of an ancestor more remote than its parents '(see
HEREDITY
 ).'. _ Loosely used, it con-notes a reversion to an earlier type. Individuals reproduce' unexpectedly the traits of earlier ancestors, and ethnologists and criminologists frequently explain by "
atavism
  " the occurrence of degenerate
species
  of man; but the whole subject is complicated by other possible explanations of such phenomena, included in the scientific study of normal variation."


End of Article: ATAVISM (from Lat. atavus, a great-great-great-grandfather or ancestor)


If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
<a href="http://jcsm.org/StudyCenter/Encyclopedia/ARN_AUD/ATAVISM_from_Lat_atavus_a_grea.html">
ATAVISM (from Lat. atavus, a great-great-great-...
</a>
(Previous)
ATAULPHUS (the Latinized form of the Gothic Ata... 		(Next)
ATBARA (Bahr-el-Aswad, or Black River)

 


 
 


JCSM was founded in 1997 and exists to help the community and bring people into a life-changing and productive relationship with Jesus Christ. JCSM offers over 200,000 free web pages, including its weekly inspirational emails that were sent continuously for over a decade.

Jesus Christ Saves Ministries
P.O. Box 9297
San Diego, CA  92169
1-888-887-0417 or Email

JCSM is a 501(c)(3), non-profit organization. Copyright © 1997-2012.
 

 

Sponsored Advertisements

Online First Aid and CPR Certification  .  DHA Solutions  .  PB Happy Hour Specials  .  Improvising Made Easy For Guitar and Bass  .  The Skeptic's Annotated Bible: Corrected and Explained  .  Home Equity Loans  .  First Aid and CPR Online  .  San Diego Music Lessons  .  10,000 Wise Quotes and Spiritual Sayings  .  Blow Up Your Site (For Free!)  .  San Diego DUI Lawyers  .  Jason Gastrich  .  Jordan Faith Gastrich  .  Divorce Secrets Revealed  .  Post Your Ad Link Free  .  San Diego Soccer Training  .  JCSM  .  Download Sermons  .  Custom Religious Banners, Build A Sign  .  Christian Singles Dating  .  Christian T-Shirts  .  Healing Christian Prayer  .  Bumper Authority  .  Personalized Blogs and Email  .  San Diego Haircuts  .  The Do the Math Diet  .  Stop Twitter Spam  .  Christian Conservative Work at Home Network  .  The Website of the Lord